talking to KITV about the run in with a shark that left his leg torn up and his surfboard with a big bite in it. White Plains Beach is back open after the attack... But as KITV4's Pamela Young shows us... The surfer's next trip into the water will come with a new attitude! :19 :30 :52 1:26 Bad day to get jiggy with Braddah Jack, as the local surfers have nicknamed the ocean predator. Kiowa Gatewood learned the hard way that paddling out in murky water before a storm is a bad idea. 2:40 I WAS JUST SITTING ON MY BOARD AND A TIGER SHARK CAME OUT OF THE WAER NEXT TO MY LEG, IT BITE ME AND I HAD REACTION TIME. I HIT IT on the SIDE OF ITS FACE, RIGHT HERE. AND IT TURNED AROUND SWAM RIGHT BACK. 10:52 I SEE THE TAIL FIN COME UP AND HIM GO UNDER WATER. A SECOND HE CAME BACK UP ANS WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE SARTED PADDLING STRAIGHT FOR SHORE. The gash on his surfboard is identical to the gash on Gatewood's leg, extending from the knee to mid-shin. Just out of surgery, the KCC architecture student, is not expected to be fully mobile for a couple of months. Gatewood thinks it was a case of mistaken identity. A monk seal was spotted on the beach earlier in the day. 4:46 THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF SURFERS OUT AND IT HOUGHT, THERE'S A BIG NUMBER IN A GORUP I WAS CLOSER TO SHORE TO EVERYONE ELSE BUT I WAS JUST IN THE WRONG SPOT. And despite advisories to stay out of the water as Tropical Storm Flossie approached, the lure of waves was too great. 11:23 WHY GO SURFING DURING A TROPICAL STORM? BECAUSE THE SWELLS GET BETTER. 15:51 THE LESSON LEARNED? KIOWA AND HIS SURFING PALS ARE NOT LIKELY TO RETURN TO WHITE PLAINS ANY TIME SOON, AND CERTAINLY NOT AT THE ONSET OF A TROPICAL STORM. AT THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER, PY, KITV4 N. An Ewa beach family of